Collection:Windows

Windows

Microsoft's Software is Malware

We urge all Windows users to switch to a free GNU/Linux distribution as soon as possible.

You may want to check the Runs-on/Windows category for more software.

Type	Free program	Replacement for
3D computer graphics software	Blender	Autodesk Maya ("Maya"), Autodesk 3ds Max
Anonymous P2P	GNUnet	DC++
BitTorrent client	Tribler, qBittorrent	BitTorrent
Compiler	Mingw-w64	Microsoft Visual C++
Desktop publishing	Scribus	Adobe InDesign, QuarkXPress
Diagramming software	Dia	Microsoft Visio
Document viewer	Evince	Adobe Reader, Microsoft Reader, Nitro PDF Reader
Email client, news client, feed reader	Claws Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird	Microsoft Outlook, Windows Mail (included)
Instant messaging client, softphone, and videotelephone (all-in-one)	GNU Ring, Linphone	Skype, Signal
Instant messaging client	Pidgin, Telegram	ICQ, Trillian, Yahoo! Messenger
Live USB	Etcher	UNetbootin, Windows To Go (included)
Media player	VLC media player (VLC)	PowerDVD, Windows Media Player, Apple QuickTime, RealPlayer Basic
Office suite	LibreOffice (OpenOffice.org fork)	Microsoft Office
Online storage	ownCloud (client only)	Apple iCloud, Dropbox
Raster graphics editor	GIMP	PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint (included)
Text editor	Gedit, Vim
Vector graphics editor	Inkscape, Xfig	CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator, Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
Web browser	Midori	Chromium, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer (included)

GNU IceCat (Mozilla Firefox ESR fork) dropped Windows support after version 38.8.0.

Log

• Synced https://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
  • Added Telegram
  • Added Mingw-w64 for most GNU/Linux. Could not find mingw at https://www.parabola.nu/packages/?sort=&q=mingw&maintainer=&flagged=, https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=mingw&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all, https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mingw&searchon=names&suite=xenial&section=all
  • Added Apple Mail
  • Added Midori
  • Added Xfig
  • Added Mozilla Thunderbird -- GNU IceCat is a fork of Mozilla Firefox ESR, some add-ons run on both Firefox (and IceCat) and Thunderbird
  • Moved Signal from "Free program" to "Replacement for". Added Skype to "Replacement for". Added GNU Ring and "inphone to "Free program".
  • Moved UNetbootin from "Free program" to "Replacement for" (endorses nonfree GNU/Linux distros). Didn"t add FUSBi (abandonware) to "Free program"
  • Removed Adobe FreeHand (Adobe Illustrator is already in the list) -- Since 2003 FreeHand development has been discontinued; in the Adobe Systems catalog, FreeHand has been replaced with Adobe Illustrator.
  • Removed PageMaker, discontinued
  • Removed AIM, discontinued (December 15, 2017)
  • Removed Google Drive, a service not a software
  • Removed Iridium -- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00009.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00056.html
  • Removed Qupzilla -- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-12/msg00011.html, https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-11/msg00005.html, and https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-11/msg00015.html
  • Replaced Rufus (Windows only) with Etcher
  • Replaced MSN (Windows Live Messenger, discontinued) with Facebook Messenger
  • Replaced Napster with DC++
  • Replaced Outlook Express (discontinued) with Microsoft Mail
  • Replaced Windows USB/DVD Download Tool, WinToFlash, Windows USB Installer Maker with Windows To Go
  • Cosmetic
    • Made the categories more unique
    • Replaced 3DSMax (formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max) with Autodesk 3ds Max
    • Replaced Blender3D with Blender (see menu bar Blender -> About).
    • Replaced ICQ chat clients with ICQ
    • Replaced InDesign with Adobe InDesign
    • Replaced Maya with Autodesk Maya ("Maya")
    • Replaced Paint Shop Pro with PaintShop Pro.
    • Replaced Reader (Windows 8) with Microsoft Reader
    • Replaced VideoLan Client with "VLC media player" (see menu bar VLC -> About).
    • Replaced Xara Xtreme with Xara Photo & Graphic Designer -- The Windows version was previously sold under the names Xara Studio, Xara X and Xara Xtreme
    • Replaced Yahoo with Yahoo! Messenger